I remember when I was in high school, my mom was turning 40 and my best friend’s mom was turning 40. We were both depressed, talking about how our moms are old now that they’re turning 40. My daughter will never have that feeling, because she was born when I was 41. My mom had her second child (my sister) at 41 and my aunt had her son at 41.
I tell people all the time that when I was little, people in their 40s looked way different than they do now (at least in the area I live in).
One of my coworkers told me when Carroll O’Connor started playing Archie Bunker, he was 49. I didn’t believe it because he looked unlike any 49 year old that I know. I googled it and it’s true. He had those old man pants, and his hair was white and messy. Nobody who I know who’s 49 looks like that now. Maybe 70, and not even then.